NASA’s most recent photos of Pluto, captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, have revealed some of the most intriguing and ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

Among the discoveries presented ... In addition to helping scientists study ancient landscapes on Pluto, New Horizons data is providing clues about its more recent features.

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, far beyond Pluto. This discovery challenges existing ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest Pluto’s atmosphere is unlike any other in the solar system, confirming a 2017 ...

Here are some of the most amazing discoveries that New Horizons and previous Earth-based observations have produced of Pluto. Being so cold, Pluto boasts different kinds of ices that planets ...

Lon Tweeten for TIME None of the new discoveries about Pluto would have been made, of course, had the little world not been spotted in the first place—an achievement that took sublime attention ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh ... NASA sent its probe New Horizons on a flyby in 2015. It confirmed the tiny planet harbored an ocean beneath its thick, icy shell.

New Horizons researchers shared their latest findings on Tuesday (March 14) at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) being held in Texas and virtually. Among the discoveries presented, one ...